Example sentences of "[vb pp] himself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | THE Conservative Party juggernaut was last night rolling backwards and forwards across the person of Sir Anthony Meyer after he had virtually committed himself to standing against Mrs Thatcher when the annual leadership contest is formally declared open today . |
| 32 | He was a very strong , patient , virile bloke who went on living with an awful woman because he had committed himself to a marriage . |
| 33 | He had already committed himself to more work than he could handle because he was inexperienced at making deals and having to turn down work . |
| 34 | If a borrower had rashly signed a credit agreement and then discovered he had committed himself to paying what he considered disproportionate interest , he could have his opinion confirmed , or shown to be unreasonable , by a court . |
| 35 | For example , one person 's faith may be a genuine trust in God but also a trust in certain Christian friends , while another person has truly committed himself to God and also to the care of a Christian community . |
| 36 | His final decision is in favour of whichever proves stronger , but the stronger for perhaps no more than the brief spell of fullest awareness in which he decides , afterwards to be panic-stricken at having committed himself to a choice which none the less he still knows in his heart was right . |
| 37 | Despite the retirement of coaching team-mates Jim Telfer and Derrick Grand after the recent World Cup , Ian McGeechan has committed himself to a further term as Scotland 's principal coach . |
| 38 | Jonathan has committed himself to rising early enough to get in for work before 9.00am . |
| 39 | Anselm had no doubt where justice lay : ‘ No man having put his hand to the plough [ that is to say , in this case , having committed himself to a monastic life ] and looking back , is fit for the kingdom of Heaven . ’ |
| 40 | By the end of 1337 Edward had committed himself to spending £124,000 on his allies , and his parliamentary grants would bring in only about £38,000 a year . |
| 41 | James Tyrell had evidently committed himself to the Yorkists by 1471 , when he was knighted at Tewkesbury , and it may have been links with the crown which eased his passage into Gloucester 's service . |
| 42 | He had not yet finally committed himself to subordinating all his other interests to tragedy , but was still toying with ideas of a wider scope . |
| 43 | Despite the fact that he had not committed himself to the rising until the last moment , he was quickly consolidating the initiative he had taken in Morocco and was emerging as its sole leader . |
| 44 | James Tyrell had evidently committed himself to the Yorkists by 1471 , when he was knighted at Tewkesbury , and it may have been links with the crown which eased his passage into Gloucester 's service . |
| 45 | After designing an architect 's dream , he will then have to try and make it functional , having committed himself to a particular shape and size . |
| 46 | Yet as he had committed himself to bringing her up here , so Ashley felt stubbornly committed to walking . |
| 47 | He would have been a natural replacement for Blair , but in another cruel twist , Gallagher , a university student in Northampton , has committed himself to the English club this season and will not be available to Dungannon for the league . |
| 48 | He has committed himself to us . |
| 49 | Having committed himself by revealing defence secrets , such freedom of speech seemed a trivial matter . |
| 50 | Having extricated himself from the Archbishop 's service Mozart , this time accompanied by his mother , set off in search of an appointment elsewhere . |
| 51 | A driver had wrenched himself from another machine and was running back . |
| 52 | They moved to Dallas , and Graham has so immersed himself in the American way of life that I am surprised he has not sought American citizenship . |
| 53 | At 26 , then , young William Charles ( 'Call me Charles … ' ) had magically catapulted himself into the lower echelons of the Establishment — all achieved , we may suppose , with the help of a good head for business , a degree of energy and flamboyance and an ingratiating style with customers , especially ladies ? |
| 54 | Professor Camille has thoroughly enjoyed himself in looking at such images , and he skilfully shares with us his delight and enthusiasm for what he has found . |
| 55 | It might not be as easy as plotting Vologsky 's defection — and Kirov had only just reminded himself of a few of the terrors which he could face if he failed . |
| 56 | But as soon as he had reminded himself of his motive , it rang as hollow to him as he felt sure it must to others . |
| 57 | Before his horrific injury against Palace , Dublin must have still pinched himself after grabbing the headlines with his later winner at Southampton . |
| 58 | From the yet more gloomy expression on his normally lugubrious face it was evident that he had resigned himself to her companionship at least as far as his hotel perched up far above the sea . |
| 59 | Mark Wright , bitterly disappointed at being axed by England , has resigned himself to missing tomorrow 's Anfield battle with Sheffield Wednesday . |
| 60 | At this Brian had resigned himself to living in the district . |